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-J. ALBIN. y CARPET STRETGHER. No.. 482,821.- Patented Sept.'2 0, 1892.

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'JACOB ALBIN, OF SEYMOUR, INDIANA.

CARPET-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,821, dated September 20,1892.

Application iled April 28, 1892. Serial No. 430,981. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB ALBIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seymour, in the county of Jackson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Carpet- Streteher, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in carpet stretchers, having one of the parts thereof constructed as a tacking device; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof, as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of this invention is to simplify the construction of devices of this character and make them more convenient in use by combining therewith as one of the operating parts of the same a tacking device, and also to arrange the parts of the stretcher in such manner that they can be readily and easily handled and operated, and which are strong and durable, eective in the desired result, and comparatively inexpensive in manufacture.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved carpet-stretcher shown in position and the tacking device forming a part thereof. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device entire.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the supporting frame of the stretcher, which comprises a tubular portion -2, and ears or extensions 3, confining a slot or recess and forming bearings for the journals of the several parts, hereinafter set forth. IVithin the said frame and the tubular portion thereof referred to is mounted a rack-bar 4, having rack-teeth on the upper surface thereof and a stretching-comb 5 connected to the projecting end, said projecting end being shouldered, as at 6, to prevent the ratchet-bar from being extended too far into the frame, as will be readily understood. In overhanging ears 7 of the ears or extensions 3 are secured arms 8, having a cross-brace 9 and an outer connecting-bar 10, the latter being provided with spurs or spikes 11, projecting therefrom at right angles and adapted to be fixed into a portion of the oor or other place to holdthe stretcher in fixed adjusted position to resist the strain offered by the operation of the ratchet-bar in stretching the carpet. In the upper part of the ears or extensions 3 is pivotally mounted a lug 12, embracing a push-pawl13, having a finger-piece 14, the said lug being integrally formed and depending from asocket 15,provided with lower rounded shoulders 16, adapted to reciprocatingly bear on the upper edges 17 of the ears or extensions 3. In advance of this socket is mounted a stop-pawl18, which is held in contact with the rack-bar 4 and is adapted to move the same forward while the stop-pawl 1S prevents retrograde movement of the said rack-bar in the intermissions of the action of the pushpawl 13, and the latter is also employed to raise the pawl 1S from engagement with the said rack-bar when it is desired to return the same into the frame.v The pawl 13 operates to elevate the pawl 1S when the finger-piece 14 of the said pawl 13 is depressed, thereby causing engagement of the forward end of the latter pawl with the under side of the said pawl 18 to raise the latter from engagement with the rack-bar. The arms 8 are normally located overthe comb 5 and the rack-bar 4, supporting the same, so that when the said socketv 15 is rocked to actuate the pawl 13 and feed the comb forward the said arms 8, supporting the spurs or spikes 11,will resist backward movement of the frame of the stretcher and hold the same in stationary position for the proper operations thereon.

The operating-lever 19, which is fitted in the socket 15, is made orconstructed asatacking machine or attachment, and is of similar construction to the device illustrated in Pat-- ent No. 411,543, granted to me September 24, 1889, and consists of a plunger 20, a tack-feeding hopper 21 aligning at its inner end with spring-actuated holding-jaws 22, having an inverted conical recess 23 at the upper ends thereof, and so far as the remaining construction is concerned it is the same or substantially the same as that shown in detail in said patent. After the carpet has been properly stretched by my improved device the said operating-lever 19 or tacking device, as has been set forth, is removed from the socket 15 and then employed in tacking the carpet while held by the stretcher in proper position,

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thereby providing convenient means of securement, as the said lever will be long enough to allow the operator to stand in erect position and work the plunger of the tacking devlce.

The parts of the device entire will be made of light construction, but still suliciently strong to resist all strain broughtl to bear thereupon, and the advantages and utility arising from a device of the nature set forth will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

It is obvious that many minor changes might be made in the several parts and substituted for those shown and described without in the least departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In a carpetstretcher, the combination of a frame with a tubular body and front side eX- tensions open at the top and provided with forwardly projecting overhanging ea rs, a ratchet-bar adj ustably mounted in said body and having a comb at the front end thereof, a pair of arms secured to said overhanging ears and provided with depending spikes or spurs at their front ends in advance of the comb on the ratchet-bar, the said overhanging forwardly-projectin g ears extending the outer ends of the said arms beyond the said comb, a socket pivotally mounted between the extensions of said body and having a bottom depending lug with a slot therein running parallel with the opening between said extensions, a push-pawl pivotally mounted in said slotted lug and having a rear fingerengaging extension, a stop -pawl in advance of said push-pawl and independent of the same and adapted to be raised from engagement with the ratchet-bar by the elevation of the said pnsh-pawl, and an operating-lever embodying racking mechanism, removably fitted in said socket, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in 45 the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB ALBIN, Vv'itnesses:

ROBERT M. PATRICK, LEWIS W.- H. I-IEITMAN. 

